> On May 8, 3:05 am, Borked Pseudo Mailed pseudo.borked.net>
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>> A nation that once prided itself on a sense of rugged
>> individualism has become uncomfortably obsessed with racial
>> group identities.
>>
>> The collectivist mindset is at the heart of racism.
>>
>> Government as an institution is particularly ill-suited to
>> combat bigotry. Bigotry at its essence is a problem of the
>> heart, and we cannot change people's hearts by passing more
>> laws and regulations.
>>
>> It is the federal government that most divides us by race,
>> class, religion, and gender. Through its taxes, restrictive
>> regulations, corporate subsidies, racial set-asides, and
>> welfare programs, government plays far too large a role in
>> determining who succeeds and who fails. Government
>> "benevolence" crowds out genuine goodwill by
>> institutionalizing group thinking, thus making each group
>> suspicious that others are receiving more of the government
>> loot. This leads to resentment and hostility among us.
>>
>> Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset
>> that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than
>> as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who
>> share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as
>> collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By
>> encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the
>> advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism.
>>
>> The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having
>> a limited, constitutional government devoted to the
>> protection of individual rights rather than group claims.
>> Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards
>> individual achievement and competence - not skin color,
>> gender, or ethnicity.
>>
>> In a free society, every citizen gains a sense of himself as
>> an individual, rather than developing a group or victim
>> mentality. This leads to a sense of individual
>> responsibility and personal pride, making skin color
>> irrelevant. Racism will endure until we stop thinking in
>> terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of individual
>> liberty.

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